Contacts and books:
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York and
District Dyslexia Association
For friendly advice and meetings in the York area.
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Coloured
Exercise Books for school work
available in a range of colours, lined (wide spaced)
to make writing easier for kids with Meares-Irlen
Please
request pastel shade to match colour of prescribed overlay.
Loads more
useful books for teachers and parents
Desktop
Publications
5 Laneham Street
Scunthorpe
North Lincolnshire
DN15 6LJ
Tel: 0845 130 7413 | Fax: 0845 130 7423
email: mailto:minfo@desktoppublications.co.uk
Website: www.desktoppublications.co.uk
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"Reading
Through Colour" by Arnold Wilkins
How
coloured filters can reduce reading difficulty, eye-Strain and headaches.
Available
to buy from www.wileyeurope.com
Use
the 'product search' facility, the book is £15.99 in paperback and £45.00 in
hardback.
Alternatively
there is a direct link to buy the book in:
www.essex.ac.uk/psychology/overlays
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Useful Websites:
Research:
www.essex.ac.uk/psychology/overlays
School
resources: www.desktoppublications.co.uk
Memory
test for people with learning difficulties: www.tracyalloway.com
Good
books for children: www.barringtonstoke.co.uk
Tinted
lenses in your area: www.ceriumoptical.com/vistech.aspx
Telephone number 01580 765
211
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Leeds and Bradford
Dyslexia Association (Incorporating Selby Dyslexia Association)
LABDA: email: jane@labda.org.uk
Website: www.labda.org.uk
Helplines:
Bradford 01274 77 11 53
Leeds
0113 284 3877
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Understanding
Dyslexia:
"The
Gift of Dyslexia" by Ronald D. Davis Souvenir Press
Available
from libraries and to buy on www.amazon.co.uk
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"Toe
by Toe" long established and
respected dyslexia multi-sensory work book
Available
from www.kedapublications.co.uk
And
8 Green Road, Baildon, W/Yorks
BD17 5HL
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To
find your local branch of the British Dyslexia Association (BDA)
Tel:
0118 966 2677
Email:
info@dyslexiahelp-bda.demon.co.uk
Website:
www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk
The BDA have
an online book shop too.
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Tel:
0131 557 2020/6060
Barrington
Stoke
10
Belford Terrace
Edinburgh
EH4
3DQ
Good
Books for 8 years and above
'well
spaced text, short paragraphs, simple but not simplistic language, cream paper,
drawings with thought bubbles, award winning and popular authors...'
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More
useful information on Dyslexia:
Dyslexia
Tutor:
Marion Foody – Experienced teacher with a Dyslexia Institute background
and a
01423
781533